Wildfood campsite

[ChinchillaLady Profile]

Icey, fingers and toes crossed for Kai.

[Amber Profile]

Eventually found my way here too.
Thank you to Sakkarin for the campsite.

And all my fingers crossed for Kai.

[Stokey Sue Profile]

are may areas of uk still
experiencing hoarding and goods shortages

It was never, in most areas, as bad as reported, since for some reason all the headlines were about supermarkets
Local convenience stores have mostly maintained stock throughout In London I’ve had no difficulty getting stuff, I went out on Friday and got everything I wanted, even my preferred brands, from small shops.
Like all countries, we are concerned about the possibility of the supply chain braking down as people can’t go into the fields


Icey, everything crossed for Kai, so worrying for you

[herbidacious Profile]

It was really rather bad where I live. Last time I went, more than half the huge supermarket was empty. People were also stripping the shelves, albeit to a lesser extent, in my local tiny Turkish supermarket. While I was in there, they closed the doors to stop too many people coming in. Could be a scuzzy (it would seem) south east London thing, perhaps. No idea if it's stablized. But I think the fact that they have had to ration all food now, in Sainsbury's at least, suggests that there is/was a significant problem.
But it has to be born in mind that you really need a car to hoard. If you live somewhere people don''t drive to the shops, there is less likely to be a situation?
Not been to the shops since a week last Friday, though.

[Earthmaiden Profile]

Hello all! The sun's still trying to shine, but not for long I fear.

The situation here for shopping was pretty dire a week or so ago but as has been said, a lot of smaller shops are now open or offering to get up orders with a phone call. Supermarkets are heaving at peak times but I'm told quite empty at other times of day. It sounds as if they have most staples, though flour still scarce.I think if you have got to go inside several local shops then it somewhat defeats the object of self distancing and not touching things.

I was interested to see Michael Gove on the Andrew Marr Show say he had been for a jog in the morning then a walk to the local shops later to get a few bits for the weekend. I know that's within the remit but when many of us are trying to make do rather than enter shops for our normal luxuries I found it a bit annoying.

[Pampy Profile]

I've been to Tesco this morning, during the "oldies and vulnerable" hour. There was very good queue control and plenty of staff on hand to tell you the protocols, which were adhered to by most customers - in fact, the worst offenders for not doing the right thing were the Tesco staff picking products for online orders! There was a lot more on the shelves than this time last week when I went. Some items weren't fully stocked but I was able to get things like antibacterial wipes, free-range chicken, longlife milk, tinned chickpeas and kidney beans, all of which were out of stock completely last week. There was only a few bags of flour - mainly spelt and rye - no plain, self-raising or bread flour, and no dried yeast either. Fresh produce was plentiful. The most empty shelves were in the Asian section (where I live has quite a large Asian population).

[scullion Profile]

good morning, all.
sunny at the moment but overcast is predicted for the rest of the day.
day 18(ish) in the big brother household and we haven't killed each other yet!
we had a tesco delivery last night - we weren't expecting it to come here, neither was our son - we must be the default address on our his account that he's had since uni, that kicked in after he'd cancelled his last order for his london address.
we have passed his stuff through his 'air lock' (garage) and put our bags in quarantine in the spare room for a day or two (other than the fridge stuff). this is possibly unnecessary but better safe than sorry.
de-bagging of fruit and veg with plenty of washing and hand washing will be done as appropriately.
the young i mentioned elsewhere, working in a hospital upcountry, says that of the 45 icu beds she's working on all but one is a covid 19 one. when not on duty the nurses are self isolating in their nurses home so there's little/no socialising even then. she is thankful for gousto otherwise she says she'd be living on chocolate spread sandwiches. i think her cv will have an influential entry for any future employment.
her wish is that people follow the guidelines for strict isolation.
have a good day, everyone.

[scullion Profile]

for a look at the sea, webcams - st ives and the minack.

apart from the lack of people - the gulls are also staying away!

[Pampy Profile]

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ ... istancing/

[herbidacious Profile]

What a great photo They look like they are on guard.

[mistakened Profile]

Deb went to the big supermarket for dog food, whilst there she picked up a box of disposable latex gloves plus antibacterial wipes, she says that there were plenty, all the supermarkets own brand. They are a large Greek chain of shops, Alpha Mega. That particular branch is a big one so proper distancing is not a problem

Moira

[Earthmaiden Profile]

Love the photo, pampy!

Re the quarantining of shopping etc. It has occurred to me that one could wash fruit & veg in a solution of diluted Milton (or similar product). Would the strength of the solution be adequate to deal with the Corona virus do you think?

[herbidacious Profile]

Probably not? It's not the strength so much as the ingredients? Maybe google to see if this is necessary first though. Cooking may kill it off (although they probably don't know.) I find the idea of dousing food with milton a bit horrifying (after a certain restaurant incident) but I know it happens to a lot of stuff one eats out.

[herbidacious Profile]

"Disinfect all nonporous food packaging or containers with a suitable disinfectant spray or wipes before you store them away.
Wash open fruit and vegetables by washing under the tap and scrubbing with a soft brush.
After handling food and food packaging thoroughly wash your hands for a minimum of 20 seconds.
Disinfect all surfaces where your food bags have been and your reusable shopping bags.
Where suitable surface disinfectants are unavailable you should adequately clean any surfaces using detergent and hot water. "

from https://www.preston.gov.uk/article/2319 ... -for-food-

[herbidacious Profile]

I have just left things in bags for (over) a week

[scullion Profile]

i do a wash of the fruit to be eaten straight away with warm water and ecover washing up liquid. any other is left until we need it and either washed or hopefully by then the three days will be up.
veg is tipped from the bags into the appropriate containers so they don't sweat etc, without touching the contents, bags disposed of and hands washed.

[Badger's Mate Profile]

Milton is a sodium hypochlorite solution, like bleach. My understanding is that 0.5% available chlorine solutions are effective against coronavirus.

We wipe down bottles, jars and shiny packets with diluted bleach, non-wipeable stuff we leave in the passage for 3 days.

We have also got some water purification tablets left over from a holiday, there are chlorine-based ones and iodine-based ones. They can be used for washing veg.

ETA

According to this link

http://www.canr.msu.edu/news/covid-19-d ... ith-bleach

0.12% is suggested, so maybe there is some debate on the effective concentration.

[scullion Profile]

ps. i do rinse the sudsy water off!

[Seatallan Profile]

I did a very quick hit on local Sainsbury's and M&S Food yesterday and both were quiet and well-stocked so I'm hopeful that locally at least, panic buying has stopped. As EM says, it rather defeats the point if you have to trail around a range of shops to get your essentials.

Hope all the Wildies are taking care of themselves. The sun is intermittently out here and the chilly wind has dropped. Have been planting summer bulbs to cheer me up.

[herbidacious Profile]

It does feel rather cold here. Husband is suffering. I told him to put the heating on.

I think my mother's shop was rather successful, except for no bread and a few subs and smaller quantities than asked for.) Bread is her fault. She said she'd rather have none that a sub for what she normally has. (To be fair, some bread makes her choke.) Cue me worrying about her now not eating enough, as she is prone to.

I think I wll just stick with washing fruit and veg in water as usual.